A US military cargo plane carrying sophisticated communications and security equipment touched down in Nairobi yesterday, ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit next month.
The plane is one of six expected at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport over the next three weeks.
They will ferry in a whole range of secure advanced communications equipment, some of it to be used by President Obama himself when he lands next month. Obama is expected in Nairobi on July 25 for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit co-hosted by Kenya and the US. He will also hold bilateral talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The C-17 Starlifter planes will also bring in specialiased vehicles, such as the world famous The Beast, the presidential limo, expected in the country the night before his arrival.
Some of the equipment, such as the counterassault vehicles and military hardware, the Star has learnt, will come from the US military base on Manda Bay on the Kenyan Coast. (THE STAR)
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